Italians need to be flexible
about when they retire so as to make room for younger people to
have jobs, Labour Minister Giuliano Poletti said Wednesday.
The theme, to be tackled in the government's stability law
is "inescapable," Poletti told Radio anch'io, adding that he
concurred with similar remarks by the head of the INPS social
security agency, Tito Boeri, who said pension flexibility would
help to reduce youth unemployment.
Earlier Poletti told the Corriere della Sera that "there is
another piece of labour reform that needs to be done ... to
re-introduce a certain level of flexibility in pensions".
"Keeping people inside firms is one of the factors that
prevents young people finding a job".
"We mustn't let slip the opportunity of a general picture
that finally is improving," Poletti said.
Employment and GDP figures "confirm a recovery that,
certainly, doesn't have the rhythm that everyone wants but marks
the end of the most difficult period of the post-War period. And
they certify the increase in stable employment".
Poletti added that "permanent jobs must be the normal way of
hiring again".
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